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Nikkō (日光市, Nikkō-shi) is a Japanese city in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture.^[1]

The Shinto shrine of Nikkō Tōshō-gū was completed in 1617. It is the burial place of Tokugawa Ieyasu.^[2]

The shrines and temples of Nikkō have been recongized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[3]

• List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

Media related to Nikko, Tochigi at Wikimedia Commons

• Nikkō City website Archived 2006-12-02 at the Wayback Machine in English
• Shrines and Temples of Nikkō Archived 2007-12-26 at the Wayback Machine

36°44′51″N 139°36′40″E / 36.7475°N 139.611°E / 36.7475; 139.611

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